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If you remember our kitchen remodel, the previous owners spent a good chunk of time and money creating a beautiful gathering space. We simply hated the paint and fixed that. The one great flaw was that for some reason there is not a pantry. I’m betting this is largely due to the fact there just isn’t a convenient nook for …

Last week we decided to double up on our garden space. We’ve planted a massive number of trees, but we only had 2 raised beds, an 8×4 and 12×4. It’s a good bit of space for the winter garden, which is largely greens, but when we plant the more diverse summer garden, it doesn’t leave enough space for everything we wanted …

I started another small project in our kitchen to go with our new kitchen cabinets. I was inspired by this post over at Shanty 2 Chic to put up some chalkboard paint on our walls. Mine’s probably not quite as pretty and I definitely don’t take the same quality of photos but I thought it turned out pretty well. It was …

I had New Years off and Caitlin had that and Friday to relax at home, so of course I decided we needed to spend all our waking hours on a DIY home improvement project. When we first bought this house, the bulk of the downstairs was an unpleasant terracotta color (one hallway was a light green that matched nothing) and the …